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Also in 2009, the Serpentine Gallery in London presented a five-decade retrospective that had as one of its organizers Hans Ulrich Obrist, the jet-setting curator recently ranked by Art Review magazine as the No. 2 most influential person in the international art world, just a step down from his 2009 No. 1 ranking.

Employers added just 96,000 jobs last month, a step down from July's 141,000 count.

But if you want to see Ms. Arthur become passionate about a subject, just suggest that anyone considers television a step down from theater.

It's a step down from their work on Hairspray.

The murals are just a small step down from the short list of Modernist landmarks that include Picasso's "Demoiselles d'Avignon" and Miró's "Birth of the World," but they are infused with a similar sense of inexhaustible richness and joyous potential.

The kids of Glee hang out in a coffee house that's just one step down from The Apprentice's cafe of doom.

The Dutch style (indistinguishable from the Ajax style) even has its own philosopher-king — Johan Cruyff, an Ajax star in the 1970s, considered just one step down from Pelé in the pantheon of playing greats, who can sound like a more erudite Yogi Berra.

Just a few steps down from the Laurence Miller Gallery, a store selling New York souvenirs displays panoramic, double-postcard-size views of the city on a sidewalk rack: the metropolis as a potentially endless array of skyscrapers you can buy for a whole lot less than rent money and send home.

In one Shiite village, a spray- painted message on a wall explains their angst: "Khalifa, just step down from your perch," it said, referring to Bahrain's king, Hamad al-Khalifa.

"Just like Vinny took a step down last year to help the team, I'd take a step down," he said.

executive director, a huge step down from managing director.